Commission allocates tax funds for transportation

Some road projects now more than half-funded

7:31 AM,
Jul. 16, 2013

Written by

Rance Burger
RBURGER@NEWS-LEADER.COM

The Christian County Commission voted to divide up more than a quarter of a million dollars in sales tax revenues for road improvement projects.

The process to distribute sales tax dollars for road work happens every three months as a result of a new system the county commission adopted at the beginning of the year.

Christian County voters enacted the special sales tax in 1997. This marks the first year that projects have fallen subject to evaluation before they are allotted funds from the special tax. The county hired Great River Associates engineering firm to serve as a third party screener ...